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In reply to the discussion: Rules I'd suggest for critiquing Islam or "Islamists" without aiding Western militarists and bigots: [View all]Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)You don't have to "make up" anything to try to stop legitimate condemnation of the violent acts of a few from degenerating into the collective demonization of 1.6 billion people.
That is happening. There are people trying to spin this something that ALL Muslims are to blame for...that Islam as a faith called for(if that was the case, wouldn't there be 1.6 billion terrorists?)...that only collective punishment can remedy.
That's what all the opportunistic rhetoric this week(mostly uttered by people who normally never would have given a damn about the lives of cartoonists on a small "satirical" paper or about anyone in that kosher grocery)is about...trying to take these events and build them into a consensus of vindictive rage against every Muslim on the planet.
It's exactly the kind of thing that is used to whip up war fever, over and over again, throughout history.
The killings were despicable...but only the killers themselves are responsible. And, as I understand it, they're now dead.